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Old 04-01-2014, 08:31 AM
 
Location: NY
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Why would anyone want anything but the best unless they were afraid they couldn't measure up?
I don't measure up to the best, few men by logical definition will measure up to the best, few women can measure up to the best.

I'd rather have a mate than keep on knocking my head against the wall being rejected by women who want better than I am and better than they are.

My female equals want to marry up.

That's not my game.
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Old 04-01-2014, 08:59 AM
 
Location: Texas
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I'd rather have a mate than keep on knocking my head against the wall being rejected by women who want better than I am and better than they are.

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That's called settling, and there is nothing wrong with it unless you realize later that you can't live like that and ruin the lives of the children you made.
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Old 04-01-2014, 09:01 AM
 
Location: Kentucky Bluegrass
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That's called settling, and there is nothing wrong with it unless you realize later that you can't live like that and ruin the lives of the children you made.
People do not understand, how children watch and parrot us....and form their personalities around their parents...
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Old 04-01-2014, 09:05 AM
 
Location: Newport Beach, California
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I'd rather meet a HS grad/dropout/relatively low IQ woman who works hard, who can be sweet if treated right, who would be willing to "settle" for a good guy to marry...........

Than to meet another graduate degree/high IQ and trendy woman who is a professional or career woman, who is able to see the imperfections in the men she meets, who thinks she can do better than the men who are interested in her, who may never get married because "this is wrong" and "that is wrong" with every single man she meets.

Any thoughts.
Do you actually mean higher EQ perhaps? EQ measures one's emotional intelligence.

Anyway, I think one quality of an ideal partner is living with integrity. He/she strives to live a life of integrity so that there are no discrepancies between one’s words and actions.

He/she should also be open and non-defensive. The partner is willing to be vulnerable. etc.

Great qualities of a partner are almost never related to higher or lower IQ, so IQ score is perhaps irrelevant.
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Old 04-01-2014, 09:10 AM
 
Location: Chicago
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I'd rather meet a HS grad/dropout/relatively low IQ woman who works hard, who can be sweet if treated right, who would be willing to "settle" for a good guy to marry...........

Than to meet another graduate degree/high IQ and trendy woman who is a professional or career woman, who is able to see the imperfections in the men she meets, who thinks she can do better than the men who are interested in her, who may never get married because "this is wrong" and "that is wrong" with every single man she meets.

Any thoughts.
You sound like a man who wants a meek, submissive woman. Plenty of guys like you around.
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Old 04-01-2014, 09:37 AM
 
Location: The Hall of Justice
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Luckily those are not the only two choices out there...
Exactly.
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Old 04-01-2014, 09:45 AM
 
Location: NY
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You sound like a man who wants a meek, submissive woman. Plenty of guys like you around.
No, just a woman who will accept me instead of one who rejects me because of my flaws.

We all have flaws.
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Old 04-01-2014, 10:14 AM
 
Location: So Cal
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I'd rather meet a HS grad/dropout/relatively low IQ woman who works hard, who can be sweet if treated right, who would be willing to "settle" for a good guy to marry...........

Than to meet another graduate degree/high IQ and trendy woman who is a professional or career woman, who is able to see the imperfections in the men she meets, who thinks she can do better than the men who are interested in her, who may never get married because "this is wrong" and "that is wrong" with every single man she meets.

Any thoughts.
The problem is is that people aren't usually these two extremes, more typically people are more varied than that.

If I had to chose, I'd chose the first.
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Old 04-01-2014, 01:23 PM
 
Location: Illinois
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Who needs facts when you have conjecture
You didn't present any facts. You presented your opinion and asked for feedback. So you're going to get it.

And no, I would rather have someone who is *at least* as smart as I am, ideally smarter. I've dated men who were not that smart and it gets boring very fast.
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Old 04-01-2014, 01:25 PM
 
Location: Illinois
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No, just a woman who will accept me instead of one who rejects me because of my flaws.

We all have flaws.
Yes, we do, but some flaws are more tolerable than others. Depends what the flaws are.
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